Romney: 'I'm fighting uphill battle' in media

7/10/12 1:43 PM EDT

At a campaign stop today, Mitt Romney suggested he was a victim of media bias, even as he said that the growing number of media outlets made him optimistic about coverage of his campaign.

"I'm hopeful, despite the fact that I realize now and then I'm fighting an uphill battle in some organs of the national media." he said at a town hall in Grand Junction, Colo., in response to an audience member referred to the media as "the left wing of the Democratic party."

"We're fortunate that the American people get their information from a larger and larger array of outlets -- so people get their news from cable, from talk shows, from the radio, from the internet -- and so people find sources that they find to be the most reliable," Romney said. "And so we're able to communicate broadly to the American people, not just one or two networks or more but instead to a whole host of vehicles."

A spokesperson with the Romney campaign declined to expand on those remarks, or specify the "organs" to which Romney was referring.

Both Romney and President Obama have found a common enemy in the media, though their complaints have been vague and general. While Romney's campaign recently met with the Washington Post to seek retraction of an article it called "inaccurate," neither candidate cites specific media outlets when complaining about coverage.

Romney also told the audience that he was excited for the three presidential debates in October, the first of which will take place in Denver, a progressive city that Romney has avoided on this Colorado tour.

"I can't wait for the debates and have a chance to go against [President Obama]," he said to applause. "So people will watch for an hour or an hour-and-a-half three times and get to see our different perspectives. "